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City Council meeting of December 18, 2006 Page 5 DISCUSSION ON 2008 CITY OF HUGO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CD Director Bryan Bear presented Council with the components and scheduled plan for the City of Hugo's comprehensive plan updates, as required by the Metropolitan Council by 2008. Council emphasized the need to have public input in this new plan. Granger made motion, Haas seconded, to approve the outline for implementation of the City's new Comprehensive Plan and accept the recommendation of CD Director Bryan Bear to complete the process. All aye. Motion Carried. Miron made motion, Granger seconded, to schedule a joint meeting of the City Council, Planning Commission, and Park Commission for January 25, 2007 at 7:00 pm, to discuss implementation of the City's new Comprehensive Plan. All aye. Motion Carried. REPORT ON NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING ON 129TH STREET P.I. PROJECT At its December 4, 2006 meeting, Council listened to a presentation from City Engineer Jay Kennedy regarding the proposed 129' Street public improvement project. Jay informed Council that due to poor soils, an innovative pipe design was proposed to the property owners, which would allow the extension of municipal services into the area immediately adjacent to 129' Street and Bald Eagle Lake. Jay reported that he would need to hold a neighborhood meeting in order to properly inform, and get feedback from, adjacent property owners. On December 14, 2006, City staff held a meeting with neighbors regarding the project and City Engineer Jay Kennedy provided Council with the outcome from the meeting. Residents requested that Council consider offering them a five-year "grace period" in which to connect to City sewer and Council agreed to consider requests on a case-by-case basis. Any easements that were previously secured for this proposed project would be vacated by Council. No formal Council action was taken. DISCUSSION ON TERM OF JIM LEROUX ON RCWD BOARD OF MANAGERS AND SELECTION OF REPLACEMENT The City was informed by Washington County that the term of Jim Leroux on the RCWD Board of Managers will expire on January 17, 2007. City staff has been informed by Manager Leroux that he will retire from his work on the Board, which has created a vacancy. The manager position is appointed by Washington County with a recommendation list from Hugo. Currently, three Hugo residents serve on the RCWD water advisory committee, John Waller, Vince Niemczyk, and Dave Schumann. All have been informed of the pending vacancy and Dave Schumann and John Waller have expressed their interest in serving on the Board. Consistent with Washington County policy, the Hugo City Council must submit a list of any and all names of residents interested in serving on the Board, with final appointment by the Washington County Board.